Winnipeg’s Assiniboine Park Zoo is stepping up protective measures for staff after news of a tiger contracting the novel coronavirus in New York.
Senior director of zoological operations Grant Furniss told 680 CJOB that because the zoo has a lot of farm animals that can contract diseases humans can carry, there have always been safety measures in place.
Since the news about the infected tiger in the U.S., they’ve just been heightened. “We’ve always had those (measures) in place, but after this tiger has tested positive, we had to re-look at a lot of our protocols,” said Furniss. [ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ] “We’ve stepped up many of them surrounding the big cats now as well.” The zoo has a wide